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Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin
Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin Chief Innovation Officer UNDP Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin is Chief Innovation Officer within UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Africa taking the lead in launching timbuktoo, a revolutionary private-public Youth Start-up Innovation Financing Facility for Africa.  Eleni was founder and chief executive of blueMoon, Ethiopia’s top incubator and early-stage startup investor, as well as founder...
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Emmanuel Lubanzadio
Emmanuel Lubanzadio Head of Public Policy, Sub-Saharan Africa Twitter Emmanuel Lubanzadio is Head of Public Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa on Twitter's Public Policy EMEA Team in Dublin. Twitter Public Policy focuses on policy issues posed by the continuing spread of digital technology and web-based communications services around the world. These issues range from freedom of...
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Amjad-Badr Shwehdy
Amjad-Badr Shwehdy Specialist ICT for Development and Social Innovation Amjad-Badr, a social entrepreneur from Libya, works on ICT for Development and Social Innovation, passionate about technology and its applications, advocates for digital transformation and good governance
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Hugo Obi
Hugo Obi Founder Maliyo Hugo Obi is the founder of Maliyo; a design studio known for developing African-inspired games for mobile devices. He is a pioneer in his field, having created gaming classics like Mosquito Smasher, Okada Rider, Aboki Run, and Whot King. In 2012, Hugo identified a gap in the gaming industry and stepped...
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Deepankar Rustagi
Deepankar Rustagi
Deepankar Rustagi Co-founder Omnibiz Africa Deepankar Rustagi is the Co-founder of Omnibiz Africa (Mplify Limited). He is a well-experienced Business Planning professional with a degree in Business Innovation & Growth from Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Stanford SEED - Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies). He is an experienced founder with a demonstrated history...
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Eleni Gabre-Madhin
Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin
Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin Founder & Chief Executive blueMoon   Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin is founder and chief executive of blueMoon, Ethiopia’s top incubator and early-stage startup investor, as well as founder and chair of Ethiopia’s first co-working space company, blueSpace.  Prior to this, between 2006 and 2012, she conceived, designed, and ran the highly acclaimed Ethiopia...
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Timothy Lambrechts
Timothy Lambrechts
Timothy Lambrechts Entrepreneur & Investor Timothy Lambrechts is an entrepreneur with broad experience in digital monetization and go to market strategies across Africa and The Middle East. He’s worked with leading players in digital media including Google and Truecaller – one of the most downloaded apps on the Google Play store. He consults to global...
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Andrew McHenry
Andrew McHenry Mobile in Africa Consultancy Andrew has over twenty years + experience in tech industries, spanning software, hardware and custom application development. Having held various positions in sales and marketing management roles, including the Head of Packard Bell NEC South Africa, and launching of 1st Africa Online NEC D2C ecommerce store. Founding member of...
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Ceasar Nyagah
Ceasar Nyagah Founder and Managing Partner of Exit Advisors Ceasar Nyagah is the Founder and Managing Partner of Exit Advisors. Ceasar has gone through the cycle of being on the advisory side in sell-side M&A, to working in operations of a PE portfolio company, to jumping on the investor side of the table in both...
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Petra Wolkenstein
Petra Wolkenstein
Petra Wolkenstein General Partner Startup Wise Guys Africa Petra Wolkenstein is General Partner at Startup Wise Guys Africa and CEO of key2platform. Startup Wise Guys Africa is investing into early-stage B2B SaaS startups in East- and Western Africa and runs hands-on acceleration programs.  Her background is from advising startups, entrepreneurs and managers of medium-sized enterprises...
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